Shloka 39
Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial
अदित्या विष्णुना प्रीतिर्यथाभूदभिवर्धिता । तथा विष्णुसम: प्रीतिं वर्धयिष्यति ते$र्जुन:
adityā viṣṇunā prītir yathābhūd abhivardhitā | tathā viṣṇusamaḥ prītiṁ vardhayiṣyati te 'rjunaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Sebagaimana kegembiraan Aditi bertambah oleh Viṣṇu, demikian juga Arjunamu—yang setara dengan Viṣṇu—akan menambah kebahagiaanmu.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true prosperity and honor are understood as arising through divine grace and dharmic destiny: a worthy child is portrayed as a boon that increases a mother’s joy, paralleling Aditi’s joy when Viṣṇu manifested for the gods’ welfare.
Vaiśampāyana delivers a prophetic reassurance: the child named Arjuna will be Viṣṇu-like and will increase the listener’s happiness, just as Viṣṇu once increased Aditi’s joy—an allusion to Viṣṇu’s beneficent intervention for cosmic order.